Contains: General ledgers of Pitt Hall Farm 1912-1939; analysis of payments and receipts of Pitt Hall Farm 1939-1961; cash book of Pitt Hall Farm 1932-1933; cropping book of Pitt Hall Farm 1933-1944; memoranda relating to Pitt Hall Farm 1904-1931; sale notice of underwood on the Sandford and Pitt Hall Estates near Kingsclere, Hampshire 7 Dec 1917
PITT HALL FARM, RAMSDELL, HAMPSHIRE COLLECTION
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- Dates of Creation1902-1961
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish.
- Physical Description12 documents
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The donor's father (a solicitor practising in London) purchased the Pitt Hall Estate in 1898 primarily for sporting purposes. The farm was worked intensively up to the end of the First World War, but was thereafter allowed to deteriorate until the donor acquired the property in 1932. Since 1898 there have been continuous accessions of land to the estate, which is now known as Kingsclere Estates Ltd.
Farm size: Acreage has varied between 250 and 1500 acres; flinty clay on chalk; owner-occupied.
Arrangement
- BOOKS OF ACCOUNT
- CROPPING BOOKS
- NOTEBOOKS
- SUNDRY PAPERS
Access Information
Open for consultation
Acquisition Information
Presented on long term loan 1 March 1966, by G. May (Farm Records Accession Number 396)
Note
Compiled by Caroline Gould, 26 February 2003
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